Summary(provided by the author):
Horses, mansions, tea parties,
and lies are twenty-year-old Hannah Taylor’s life. To others, her family
and her relationship with Eric is perfect. But she knows the truth. She
lives it.

After a fire takes her grandma’s life and kills her
horse, Hannah’s immaculate life spirals out of control. Her father
disapproves of her decision to run her grandma’s ranch instead of
focusing solely on learning the family business; Animal Control brings
her Argus, a mistreated horse that she can’t turn away even though she’s
not ready for another horse; and her boyfriend, Eric Bennett, a world
famous polo player, becomes possessive and authoritarian. Despite her
best efforts to disguise it, Hannah grows wary of him.

Then,
Leonardo Fernandes struts onto the polo scene. A cocky rookie with a
messy life of his own, he’s drawn to Hannah and isn’t afraid of showing
it, even when Eric makes it clear she is his and he’ll do whatever it
takes to keep it that way. Hannah suffers for Eric’s jealousy. The abuse
only gets worse when Leo steals the title of best polo player in the
world from Eric.

But the title isn’t enough for Leo. He wants
Hannah too, and she can’t deny her attraction to him either. Somehow,
she must find a way to break free from abusive Eric before he breaks
every bone in her body.

Teaser:

Meet the Author:

While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a
blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting—but
equally gratifying—life of a wife, mother, and author. Thousands of
miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in
Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the
heroes who drive them crazy.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

I haven't done a Giveaway on Another Blog post in a long while but I saw this great giveaway on Sparkles and Lightning and I just had to let you guys know.
For a chance to win Crown of Midnight, A Darkness Strange and Lovely and Iron Traitor just click on the blog button below and it'll take you to the giveaway page!

New Adult Pick

Synopsis(from Goodreads):Life outside of her
house was a new experience for Della Sloane. The dark secrets of her
past weren’t something she ever intended to share with anyone. They
would never understand. No one would ever get close enough to find out.
There was always a chance she’d go crazy sooner than they expected…

Woods
Kerrington had never been one to be attracted to fragile females. They
seemed like too much work. He wasn’t in it for the work just the
pleasure. A night full of naughty fun had been exactly what was on his
mind when he’d laid eyes on the hot little number that didn’t know how
to pump gas and needed some help.

What he didn’t know was she was as fragile as they came.The
carefree girl who spoke her mind and didn’t care what the world thought
of her was more breakable than he could ever imagine…

The book is out already but I still haven't had the chance to purchase it. I'm really excited about it though. I haven't had the chance to read any of Abbi Glines' books yet but I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait!

YA Pick:

Born
for the sole purpose of advancing her parents’ social and political
standing in The Vampire Nation through an arranged marriage, Tyra Reed
is set adrift when the betrothal falls through.

The eldest son of
a prominent warrior Clan, Weston Sloane is irate when his parents
attempt to force him into an arranged marriage in an effort to breed
more warriors for their quickly dwindling ranks.

When a debutante
with nothing to lose butts heads with a warrior on a mission, unwelcome
passion burns down the barriers between them but the secrets they keep
could destroy them both.

I really like the sound of this one and I would love to read it when it comes out. I can't wait to get the chance to read it!

No purchase links yet!

What are you waiting on this week. Leave me a comment with your WOW-post links and I promise to visit.

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Summary(provided by the author):
Seth’s heart is breaking. He knows his decision will hurt the one person
he keeps breathing for, but he can’t take it anymore. He can’t be near
Grace knowing she will always be just out of reach.

Grace is
oblivious to Seth’s turmoil. She loves him unconditionally, but not in
the way he wants. They both know that in Heaven physical love is
forbidden, and to break the rules is to defy everything they’ve ever
been taught.

When Grace and Seth are sent on a mission to save a
young mother and her unborn child, Grace must face the fact that Seth
won’t be returning home. She doesn’t understand Seth’s decision and
hates him for it. But what neither of them realise is how big a part
that single decision will play in shaping their entire future.

Meet the Author:

K. A. Last was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and moved to Sydney
with her parents and older brother when she was eight. Artistic and
creative by nature, she studied Graphic Design and graduated with an
Advanced Diploma. After marrying her high school sweetheart, she
concentrated on her career before settling into family life. Blessed
with a vivid imagination, she began writing to let off creative steam,
and fell in love with it. She now resides in a peaceful leafy suburb
north of Sydney with her husband, their two children and a rabbit named
Twitch.

Summary(provided by the author):I've wandered my afterlife believing that I was the monster my maker
told me I was. It was the only thing I knew. Not even my brother, Sam,
could convince me otherwise.Not until her. Not until Aya. She walked
into my life like a hurricane of destruction and nothing would ever be
the same again. None of us could have known what would happen next. What
fate had in store...I finally grew a heart, only to have it ripped out.Now, I will stop at nothing for revenge.
Zac's afterlife is just going from bad to worse. He grew a heart only to have it torn out by the founding vampire, Arturius.
Nobody
is sure what he wants, but Zac doesn't want to know. He's more
interested in finding a way to end him for good. But, it might just be
that he's after Gabby, who's harbouring a secret of her own, one that
Arturius would do anything for.
Aya's past will come back to haunt
Zac in ways he never thought possible and what he finds out will alter
everything he ever knew about her. He will uncover a deadly secret that
should have remained buried. A secret Aya has fought to keep for
thousands of years. One she has killed for.
In the end, who's secrets will betray them to the one man who wants them all dead? Aya's or Zac's?
They'll need to figure it out sooner rather than later, because death is not an option.

Meet the Author:

Nicole R. Taylor is an Australian born paranormal, fantasy
and contemporary fiction author. She is a graduate of the University
of Ballarat Professional Writing and Editing programme and is a
former music memorabilia sales person and grocery merchandiser.

She currently
lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia with a two year old rescue cat
named, Burger. She enjoys reading, writing (of course!), traveling and a
little too much chocolate. One day she hopes to sky dive, but has to
work up the courage first.

The first in her new paranormal fantasy series, The Witch Hunter Saga is available in e-edition and print from March 20th 2013

Friday, April 19, 2013

Goodread summary:The New York Times bestselling author of Darkfever and Bloodfever returns
to Dublin’s Fae-infested shores in a bold, sensual new novel. Hurtling
us into a realm of seduction and shadows, Karen Marie Moning tells the
enthralling tale of a woman who explores the limits of her mysterious
powers as she enters a world of ancient sorcery—and confronts an enemy
more insidious than she could ever have imagined.He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. When
MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she
is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKaylaknows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.

Mac’s quest for the Sinsar Dubh
takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a
suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance
with V’lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and
Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon
locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

As All
Hallows’ Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking
truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a
deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds—with
devastating consequences.…

This is
definitely a book worth reading. If you've read the previous books and
thought they were awesome, wait to see just how amazing this one is.
So much new developments, a few new people, a new Big mystery and oh the ending.... broke my heart but the book was awesome!

“Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are.”

Again
it all started with a personal message to the readers from Mac in her
usual sarcastic tone that always makes me smile. But that was just about
all the smiling I didn't for a long time. This book was the most
serious of them all because of what happened in the end. The story was
building up to that moment when hell broke loose and the panic started
but I, too, am getting ahead of myself.

A big part of the story
were the letters Mac got from an unknown sender. They contained pages
from her sister's diary, where she's talking about the Lord Master and
his control over her. That was a shock for Mac and it pissed her off and
it saddened her because she in those pages she saw one very different
Alina than the one she knew and she hadn't even noticed it before.

Mac
met a new boy in this book. His name is Christian and he's a druid. Yep
they exist and apparently they take a huge part in guarding our world
from the UnSeelys. The Druids are reinforcing the barriers between the
dimensions and they do it every year but something has been ruining
their attempts in the last few years and now if they don't find a way to
cast their spells this year on Samhain, the barriers will fall and out
world will go to hell.. oh well.

“He’s so beautiful,” she said wistfully. “He’s like an angel.”“Yep,” I agreed flatly. “The one that fell.”

We
got to see more of V'lane too. I'm not really sure how I feel about
him. He is hot as hell and all that but I'm a fan of Barrons more and I
kind of want Mac to end up with him and V'lane is always there and I
don't know what to think because Mac kind of likes him. His presence
pisses her of to no end but she also knows that she can trust him when
she's truly in danger. After all he needs her alive just as much as
Barrons do so she knows the neither one of them is going to kill her.

“What are you?” I said irritably.“In
the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I’m stronger, smarter,
faster, and hungrier than everything else out there. And I don’t
apologize to the gazelle when I take it down.”

Of
course we got to witness more of Mac- Barrons interactions and that is
always much fun but I never get enough of them. He was away a lot and
still keeping secrets but as always he got a way to find out everything
Mac knew. His presence is both infuriating and incredibly intriguing. I
can't get enough.

“Barrons was powerful, broodingly
good-looking, insanely wealthy, frighteningly intelligent, and had
exquisite taste, not to mention a hard body that emitted some kind of
constant low-level charge. Bottom line: He was the stuff of heroes.And psychotic killers.”

It's
been a few weeks since I finished reading the book so I can't write a
very excited review about it but I loved it. That much I remember
because I know what happened in the end and even if the entire book
sucked (which it DIDN'T) I would have loved in anyway because it was
epic. Not good for the human population but epic.

I already
started the next book and it's quite amazing so far. I hope everyone
that gets to read this one enjoys it at least as much as I did.

[This is a self-published title so no pre-order purchase links will be available prior to publication.]

Summary(provided by the author):

Human connection? Who needs it?

Ever since
she can remember, wealthy but weary Saige Armstrong has felt different
from her peers in Pechimu, New Jersey. With only one good friend to her
name, she has navigated the complicated halls of high school and is now
faced with the timeless question: Now what?

Fox
Harrington, a fun-loving, socially charismatic graffiti artist uses his
passions to color his world exactly how he wants it. He knows exactly
where his life is headed. That is, until he meets Saige.

A
summer project links the two together, making a tentative friendship
bloom into romance, but despite their affection for each other,
fundamental beliefs and ways of thinking threaten to destroy all they
have built.

In this tender story of young love, N.K. Smith delivers a striking tale of two people standing on the precipice of adult life.

Teaser:

His weight
on me is new and wonderful, and when his lips find mine, I’m sure there’s
nothing better in the universe. He moves his mouth lower and his tongue touches
the hollow of my neck. I can’t stop shivering. I close my eyes when his lips
are back to mine, and I tighten my arms around him.

There’s
something frenetic, yet measured in the way he kisses me. It’s not hard to
figure out that I’m the wild frenzy, and he’s the calm, dignified restraint. I
can’t move much because the weight of him limits me, but I’m able shift just
enough to free my legs. It’s instinctive to wrap them around his waist, but
that brings about a whole other rush of sensations.

I inhale
deeply the moment his lips part from mine, but it’s only a moment of freedom.
Fox’s tongue sweeps out over my bottom lip, and it’s all I can do to let out my
breath in a slow, but stuttered exhale.

It’s crazy
how much I want him. It’s insane how just being with him changes everything.

[You can find more teasers on some of the other cover reveal post of this book.]

Meet the Author:

Based in the American Midwest, N.K. Smith is a Technical Writer for
a Fortune 100 company. The author of the Old Wounds Series, Ghosts of
Our Pasts, and My Only, she is a mother of two who finds the time to
write very early in the morning when the rest of the world is still fast
asleep.

An avid lover of history, art, music, books, and people, she is interested in telling stories that speak to the human condition.

Adult Pick

Synopsis(from Goodreads):A charming British
Playboy. A girl determined to finally live. And a secret liaison
revealed in all too vivid color. Book two in the NYT Bestselling series.
Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon's moved to New
York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings
attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should
have meant nothing more than a night's fun. But the manner--and
speed--with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time
hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.

The whole city knows Max
Stella loves women, not that he's ever found one he particularly wants
to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy
charm, it's not until Sara--and the wild photos she lets him take of
her--that he starts wondering if there's someone for him outside of the
bedroom.

Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the
only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max
get too close in private.

I haven not yet had the chance to read book one but from what I've heard and simply from the summary of both books I know I will end up reading both at some point. I already featured Beautiful Bastard on one of my WOW post so I though it was time to feature this one too..

You can Order the book from Amazon:

or

from the Book Depository

YA Pick:

Dante
has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that
mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and
marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad
boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.

When
Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of
seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him
of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to
resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for
his girlfriend Charlie, this dude’s been a playboy for far too long…and
old demons die hard.

With Charlie becoming the girl she was
never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it
feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he
never thought he’d return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save
the girl he’s been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.

I absolutely loved the first book. There were some parts that just didn't get to me, but the book was nearly, damn, perfect and I would love to get my hands on this one when it comes out...

You can Pre-Order the book from Amazon:

or
from The Book Depository

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Summary(provided by the author):
Sometimes you can't help falling in love, even when you try to do the
opposite...Successful fashion blogger McKenna Bell has spent far too
long protecting herself after the way her ex-fiancé left her at the
altar for a college chick he met the night of his bachelor party. Loving
again, trusting again, well, that's just not in the cards. Especially
now that her ex is back in town with his new woman, demanding custody of
McKenna's favorite creature in the whole world--her dog. No effing way.
McKenna's had enough of him, and she decides to even the score by
finding her own hot young thing -- a Trophy Husband. Sure, she's only
twenty-seven, but doesn't that make it even more fun -- and infuriating
to her ex -- to pursue a younger man? When she declares her intentions
on her daily blog, her quest quickly skyrockets in popularity, and
that's when Chris enters the picture, and he’s got all the assets. He's
handsome, successful, and turns her inside out with a kiss to end all
kisses, the kind that makes you feel like a shooting star. But loving
again could mean losing again, and it's so much easier to focus on
getting even, isn't it? Unless, you just can't help falling in love.
Which means McKenna will have to come face to face with what she really
wants in life -- protecting her heart from hurt, or letting go of her
fears of a new beginning.

Meet the Author:

Lauren Blakely is an unabashed fan of clever jokes, toast, and good guys
in novels. Like the heroine in CAUGHT UP IN US, she thinks life should
be filled with movie kisses and coffee drinks. Lauren lives in
California with her husband and children, and spends her days writing
both true stories and make-believe ones.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Goodreads summary:In The Boyfriend App by
Katie Sise, super-smart, somewhat geeky Audrey McCarthy can’t wait to
get out of high school. Her father’s death and the transformation of her
one-time BFF, Blake Dawkins, into her worst nightmare have her longing
for the new start college will bring.

But college takes money. So
Audrey decides she has to win the competition for the best app designed
by a high schooler—and the $200,000 that comes with it. She develops
something she calls the Boyfriend App, and suddenly she’s the talk of
the school and getting kissed by the hottest boys around. But can the
Boyfriend App bring Audrey true love?

Fans of Lisi Harrison’s Alphas series will adore the romantic, funny YA novel The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise.

And finally, here is my review of the book. I absolutely loved it and I'm really happy I got the chance to read and review it.

The Boyfriend App is a very interesting book. I had no idea what I was
getting into but I read it in a day and a half and that was because I
just had other stuff to do. I really enjoyed reading it and here's why.

This
is the story of Audrey McCarthy and her journey to discovering just how
important the Truth really is. And she found that out when she was
working on her App for a contest Public is hosting. I should mention
that Public is the biggest and most popular company that distributes
cell-phones and all sorts of electronic devises and the contest they
were hosting guaranteed 200k for two winners towards a scholarship of
each winner to a college of their choice. The rules were simple, create
the most popular or most innovative App and make it memorable.

Winning
the contest, for Audrey meant the end of all her problems because she'd
be able to afford to go to a school that could support and expand her
current knowledge. I should also mention that Audrey is a hacker, and a
damn good one by that. Her Dad thought her since she was very little and
she is supper smart and works magic in front of the computer but she
also never uses what she can do to harm anyone, though she could if she
wanted to, because people kept so many juicy secrets on their computers
and later in the book Audrey showed the readers how easily she could
hack her way into any computer she wanted.

But to get back on
topic, she had to design and create the perfect App and for a high
school student who's life is spent mainly in front of computers it
wasn't a very big surprise when she came up with the idea of the
Boyfriend App (BFA). What was impressive though was how fast she created
the whole thing. Yeah the process wasn't very detailed but it was still
pretty fast and she was the fist one to submit her App from her school.

The App fast became very popular but some unexpected bugs
caused just as fast demise. It was a pure luck that Audrey found
something she shouldn't have in her phone. And that something (I won't
tell you what it was) brought her the biggest success but also so many
problems.

As I said before, the story was very interesting. I
didn't know what I was getting into and then almost two days later and I
was done reading it and it was awesome.

I loved Audrey's
character because she was so shy when it came to the boys she liked and
in real life really but when it came to computers, she was confident as
hell. I also loved the support characters very much, especially Lindsay,
Audrey's cousin and Aiden, one of Audrey's crushes (the bigger one).

The
story was balanced perfectly between the present and the past- Audrey's
Dad and memories she had of both of them when she was little. He was a
huge role-model for her and he played a huge part in who she is now.

I
don't know what stops me from giving the book 5 stars because it was
amazing but I guess it just didn't get me excited as some books. The
pace was both fast and not so much at times so I really don't know what
it is but I really enjoyed reading the book. You guys should definitely
give it a try when it comes out and check out the Tour (starts April
14th)

Friday, April 12, 2013

Goodread summary:I used to be your
average, everyday girl but all that changed one night in Dublin when I
saw my first Fae, and got dragged into a world of deadly immortals and
ancient secrets. . . .

In her fight to stay alive, MacKayla must
find the Sinsar Dubh—a million-year-old book of the blackest magic
imaginable, which holds the key to power over the worlds of both the Fae
and Man. Pursued by assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she
knows she can’t trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and
powerful men: V’lane, the immortal Fae Prince, and Jericho Barrons, a
man as irresistible as he is dangerous.

For centuries the shadowy
realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls
between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands
between them.

Book
one introduced us to MacKayla 'Mac' Lane. She was just a normal southern
belle that lives a charmed life with loving parent, awesome big sister
and great friends. That is until the day, that hot summer day, when she
was lazily lounging near the pool, when the phone rang and changed
everything.

“It's a strange new world out there and the rules have changed: It's every princess for herself.”

It's
been months since then. Mac is already in Ireland, Dublin to be precise
and she is in so much trouble. The memory of her perfect life is juts
that, a distant memory she avoids thinking about because it only causes
her pain now. She is a different Mac, not like the girl who's biggest
problem was whether or not her new pink nail-polish is going to match
her new outfit. Now Mac is dark and not so ignorant and trusting. She
learned the hard way that the world she lives in is not a happy place
and with the help of Jericho Barrons she just might live through another
day.

Mac is a sidhe-seer, she sees the Fae, otherworldly
creatures bent on taking over our world after they finally escaped their
prison in Faery. Coming in hordes through portals all over the town,
the UnSeelys are just one of the things on Mac's mind at the moment
though. She had the Sinsar Dubh to deal with, a book filled with the
darkest magic on Earth or Faery of any of the other dimensions that
exist and she is one of the very few people that can sense it. Well she
passes out from the unimaginable pain she feels when she's near it but
she is still a very valuable player in the game, one Jericho Barrons
found and helped trained, and now uses to the full extent. Mac is his
Opp's detector and he would do anything to protect her.

“What are you Barrons?”“The
one who will never let you die, and that’s more, Ms Lane, than anyone
in your life has been able to say to you. More than anyone else can do”

The
relationship between the two main characters is extraordinary. There is
attraction between them but neither one of them is willing to admit it.
They are both too focus on the mission to find the Sinsar Dubh but even
in the midst of all that, they are always in each other's minds. Well
no one can couch for what's on Barrons' mind because he is the most
guarded character I've ever encountered but whenever Mac was in trouble,
he always came to save her and in those moments, when she is hurt and
nearly unconscious or barely alive he is so gentle and there's just
something about the way he acts that leads me to believe she's not just a
means to an end for him.

“I was about to look away when
he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong,
beautiful fingers, and caressed my face.Being touched by Jericho
Barrons with kindness makes you feel like you must be the most special
person in the world. It’s like walking up to the biggest, most savage
lion in the jungle, lying down, placing your head it its mouth and,
rather than taking your life, it licks you and purrs.”

Of
course this is an ongoing relationship with it's ups and downs and I
just love reading about their interactions. After months of living near
each other they have learned to avoid the hard emotional stuff and they
focus on what's important to keep them alive.

“His hand
was on my throat, and he was crushing me back with his body into the
cold steel beam behind me. "Yes, I have loved, Ms. Lane, and although
it‘s none of your business, I have lost. Many things. And no, I am not
like any other player in this game and I will never be like V‘lane, and I
get a hard-on a great deal more often than occasionally." He leaned
fully against me and I gasped.

"Sometimes it‘s over a spoiled
little girl, not a woman at all. And yes, I trashed the bookstore when I
couldn't find you. You‘ll have to choose a new bedroom, too. And I‘m
sorry your pretty little world got all screwed up, but everybody‘s does,
and you go on. It‘s how you go on that defines you." His hand relaxed
on my throat. "And I am going to tattoo you, Ms. Lane, however and
wherever I please.”

Book two was very exciting and so
full of passion. So many new developments, so many new threats to
consider, new artifacts and pieces from the Fae history escape the
confinement of the Fae minds and we are sucked in this rich, fast paced
world that is on the brink of falling apart. I loved the setting, the
characters and the writing (it's incredible) and I loved the mythology.
It felt complete and it was interesting and entertaining. I was at the
edge of my seat with every new chapter and I am so excited about the
next book. Oh the possibilities there. The end of book two was a
cliff-hanger and I'm really looking forward to meeting Mac and Barrons
again.